Simon Sinek Quotes

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Simon Sinek

Profession : Author

Birth : October 9, 1973

Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we could work and the option to spend as much time in their stores as we wanted without any pressure to buy. The coffee was incidental.

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If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

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The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

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A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience.

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A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

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TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.

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I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.

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Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.

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One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.

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Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

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The cost of leadership is self-interest.

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Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

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Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

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Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

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Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

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There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.

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Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

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The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.

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The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'

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No matter when or where, always bring your 'A' game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.

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